Secret Creek Sanctuary

It’s been fifty years since the last confirmed sighting of an Eastern Quoll on the Australian mainland; long enough that the marsupial is now considered locally extinct outside Tasmania.

While this isn’t a particularly happy anniversary, there's still hope for the Eastern Quoll – largely thanks to the work of people like Trevor Evans.

Trevor owns and runs Secret Creek Sanctuary in Lithgow; 100km west of Sydney, on the western edge of the Blue Mountains. For the past decade, Trevor has run an Eastern Quoll breeding program, and today the sanctuary is home to upwards of thirty individuals.

It's not just Eastern Quolls that call Secret Creek home. A wander around the sanctuary and you'll encounter tiger quolls, emu, wallabies, dingoes, and many more animals.

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Yvonne szwedyc :

16 Mar 2013 2:19:33pm

Thank you for alerting the population to quolls. It is true that the spotted or tiger quoll is endangered in victoria. I sighted a tiger quoll crossing the midland hwy between swanpool and benalla just prior to Xmas. Getting Dse to show interest was difficult. Seems funding is in short supply. I stopped for this animal and had a long clear look and they tell me there have been other sightings in the area over the years but don't know what they can do???? I found this mist distressing. Perhaps a program on adequate funding for this top predator and its place in our environment is needed. Up to you Joel. Love your show. Just fantastic. Yvonne

Bronwen :

20 Mar 2013 1:28:30am

We had something attack our much loved pet ducks. We,living in Central Kiama, arranged for a cat and fox trap. Imagine the shock of losing your favourite loved ones and thinking the culprit would be dealt with. Then discovering not a cat nor fox in the trap but a bloody spotted quoll! We, the rangers and WIRES were dumbfounded how he got so far into the town.This does raise serious concerns though as they do eat meat and I doubt farmers in the area care much about them being a protected species. The other worry is a fox was also in the area and a quoll eats the same food ie they will eat poisoned baits set out. Are we killing them in parks thinking we are killing foxes? Finally I am totally against guntotting morons in the parks as quolls can easily be mistaken at range for a fox and sleep in dens at ground level. I doubt many shooters even read books about protected fauna nore worry about animal cruelty when no one is looking.The quoll was returned unharmed to the bush.I just hope some farmer hasnt shot him since then.